Cessna 152 accidents

The NTSB database holds 3,030 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 152, recorded between 1966 to 2026. 316 of them were fatal (10%), and 477 people died.

The deadliest year was 1980, with 33 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (284 records).

Most of these records are from United States, India and Portugal.

64 of these records cannot be placed at all, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

For 960 of them the NTSB recorded no coordinates, so their position on the map is approximate.

3,030

Records

316

Fatal

477

Deaths

10%

Share fatal

1966 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 2,966 of 3,030 can be placed (960 approximate)

By decade

1960s 1

1970s 280

1980s 1,406

1990s 771

2000s 334

2010s 157

2020s 81

Where these happened

United States 2,962 India 6 Portugal 5 Colombia 3 Brazil 3 Kenya 3

Operators involved

Dean International, Inc. 10 US Aviation Group LLC. 9 Kent State University 8 St. Charles Flying Service 8 University of North Dakota 6 Burnside OTT A 4

All 3,030 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
4 Nov 1979	Cessna 152 N757TG	Oceano, California, United States approximate position	Coastal Airlns	Minor injuries	-
30 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N757FN	Jeannette, Pennsylvania, United States approximate position	Monroeville FL	Minor injuries	-
30 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N67392	Rock City, Illinois, United States approximate position	Eagle Air	No injuries	-
28 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N64923	Sebastian, Florida, United States approximate position	Skytel Aviatio	No injuries	-
27 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N89705	Highland Beach, Florida, United States approximate position	Cav-Air, Inc	Minor injuries	-
27 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N49410	Carrollton, Ohio, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
23 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N65601	East Hanover, New Jersey, United States approximate position	Eagle Flying S	No injuries	-
19 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N714VN	Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, United States approximate position	-	Minor injuries	-
17 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N67522	Hawthorne, California, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
13 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N25889	Athens, Georgia, United States approximate position	North American	No injuries	-
13 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N67825	Snellville, Georgia, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
13 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N47109	Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States approximate position	Air Associates	No injuries	-
6 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N7603B	Ojai, California, United States approximate position	-	Minor injuries	-
6 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N64932	Butler, Pennsylvania, United States approximate position	Condor Aero CL	No injuries	-
1 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N49991	Kentwood, Louisiana, United States approximate position	McComb Aviatio	No injuries	-
1 Oct 1979	Cessna 152 N714XW	Springerville, Arizona, United States approximate position	Chandler Flyer	No injuries	-
28 Sep 1979	Cessna 152 N714SY	Rio, Wisconsin, United States approximate position	-	Minor injuries	-
16 Sep 1979	Cessna 152 N68267	Rochester, Washington, United States approximate position	Capital Airway	No injuries	-
13 Sep 1979	Cessna 152 N68988	Galesburg, Illinois, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
12 Sep 1979	Cessna 152 N65465	Oxford, Iowa, United States approximate position	Green Castle A	No injuries	-
10 Sep 1979	Cessna 152 N25281	Corsicana, Texas, United States approximate position	Air O Navarro	No injuries	-
9 Sep 1979	Cessna 152 N24489	East Chicago, Indiana, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
8 Sep 1979	Cessna 152 N47009	Lutz, Florida, United States approximate position	Tampa Air Cent	No injuries	-
7 Sep 1979	Cessna 152 N89487	Creswell, Oregon, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
3 Sep 1979	Cessna 152 N7332B	Warwick, New York, United States approximate position	Warwick Airpor	No injuries	-
1 Sep 1979	Cessna 152 N25800	Detroit, Michigan, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
1 Sep 1979	Cessna 152 N757FG	Burley, Idaho, United States approximate position	The Flight SCH	No injuries	-
27 Aug 1979	Cessna 152 N24967	Center, Colorado, United States approximate position	Leach Flying S	Minor injuries	-
27 Aug 1979	Cessna 152 N46758	Camden, Ohio, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
27 Aug 1979	Cessna 152 N24366	Mt Pleasant, Iowa, United States approximate position	Muscatine Skyw	No injuries	-
24 Aug 1979	Cessna 152A N4669A	Junction, Texas, United States approximate position	Sierra Aviaton	No injuries	-
23 Aug 1979	Cessna 152 N5139B	Fort Worth, Texas, United States approximate position	Qualiflight TR	Serious injuries	-
19 Aug 1979	Cessna 152 N89803	Nashville, Georgia, United States approximate position	Nashville Flyi	No injuries	-
16 Aug 1979	Cessna 152 N216DV	Islip, New York, United States approximate position	Victoria Air S	No injuries	-
11 Aug 1979	Cessna 152 N89876	Clements, Kansas, United States approximate position	General Aviati	No injuries	-
8 Aug 1979	Cessna 152 N68705	Crown Point, New Mexico, United States not on the map	DKF Aircraft	Serious injuries	-
7 Aug 1979	Cessna 152 N89574	Dallas, Texas, United States approximate position	South West AVI	No injuries	-
1 Aug 1979	Cessna 152 N757JG	Englewood, Colorado, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
31 Jul 1979	Cessna 152 N69103	Arlington, Texas, United States approximate position	Cothron Aviati	Minor injuries	-
28 Jul 1979	Cessna 152 N757ZV	Brainerd, Minnesota, United States approximate position	Arrowhead Airw	No injuries	-
22 Jul 1979	Cessna 152 N49818	Westlaco, Texas, United States not on the map	South Texas AI	No injuries	-
20 Jul 1979	Cessna 152 N757DW	Opa Locka, Florida, United States approximate position	Burnside OTT A	No injuries	-
19 Jul 1979	Cessna 152 N757NY	Lake Park, Florida, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
9 Jul 1979	Cessna 152 N24218	Akron, Ohio, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1979	Cessna 152 N714ZY	Dwight, Illinois, United States approximate position	Dwight Aero SE	No injuries	-
6 Jul 1979	Cessna 152 N24455	San Jose, California, United States approximate position	Dick's Aviatio	No injuries	-
5 Jul 1979	Cessna 152 N25937	Piqua, Ohio, United States approximate position	Aviation Sales	No injuries	-
3 Jul 1979	Cessna 152 N757VT	West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States approximate position	VEE Neal Aviat	No injuries	-
2 Jul 1979	Cessna 152 N41022	Greeleyville, South Carolina, United States approximate position	AG Air Inc	No injuries	-
1 Jul 1979	Cessna 152 N89215	Beaumont, Texas, United States approximate position	Golden T Air S	Minor injuries	-